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Credit to Author: Katrina Fox| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:59:07 -0800

How do government agencies protect their networks and data from cyber attacks in the face of the growing cyber skills shortage? Integration and automation are the keys.

Credit to Author: Gavin Chow| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:45:09 -0800

Attacks targeting and originating from IoT devices began grabbing news headlines toward the last quarter of 2016. Insecure IoT devices became the low-hanging fruit for threat actors to easily exploit. Some were even notoriously used as botnets to launch DDoS attacks against selected targets. For example, the infamous Mirai botnet exploited weak login vulnerabilities in insecure IoT devices such as IP cameras and home routers, and was responsible for one of the largest known DDoS attacks to date. Besides being used in DDoS attacks, exploited IoT…

Credit to Author: Brian Forster| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:33:24 -0800

New York has introduced a cybersecurity regulation to protect the financial services industry. Fortinet explains how network security fabric can assist.

Credit to Author: Brian Forster| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:23:41 -0800

New York has introduced a cybersecurity regulation to protect the financial services industry. Fortinet explains how network security fabric can assist.

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:20:08 -0800

In the all-out war for data, the healthcare industry is getting hit the hardest. Experian’s fourth annual 2017 Data Breach Industry Forecast states that healthcare organizations will be the most targeted sector for attack, with new and sophisticated attacks emerging. If healthcare organizations and their IT teams aim to keep data safe, they need to take a step back to assess the overall security landscape and the security processes currently in place on a macro level.

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 07:45:18 -0800

For the enterprise, we recommend a three phase approach to security based around learning what is on your network, dividing the network into separated segments, and then implementing appropriate security that provides critical protections without compromising functionality and interoperability.

Credit to Author: Rommel Joven| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 06:54:42 -0800

Dot ransomware is a new Ransomware-as-a-service(RaaS) that is openly available in hacking forums. And following the current trend in malware services, it uses web portals hosted in the TOR network for anonymity. Commission-based Profit While lurking in hacking forums, we came across a post for this new ransomware service. RaaS services are now switching from a one-time fee or subscription payment model to a commission based strategy. One advantage of this scheme is that the up front price for the ransomware is free, and any profits realized…

Credit to Author: Stephan Tallent| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:38:41 -0800

Fortinet covers critical aspects of an MSSP’s business model like no other security manufacturer—offering the best in multi- tenancy, the most hardware flexibility, the highest performance through hardware acceleration, and the lowest total cost of ownership of any security vendor.